I Call Fives have returned with a cover of Saves the Day’s “At Your Funeral.”
Read More “I Call Fives Cover Saves the Day”Chris Conley on Buddy Nielsen Podcast
Chris Conley of Saves the Day is on the new podcast from Buddy Nielsen of Senses Fail. (Overcast link.)
Read More “Chris Conley on Buddy Nielsen Podcast”Saves the Day and Senses Fail Release Covers Split
Saves the Day and Senses Fail have released a Misfits covers split called Through Being Ghoul to all streaming services.
Read More “Saves the Day and Senses Fail Release Covers Split”“Where’s the Band?” Livestream
Saves the Day’s Chris Conley, Say Anything’s Max Bemis, and Sparta’s Jim Ward are doing a livestream together on September 30th. Tickets are now available.
Equal Vision Records Release Safe & Sound Compilation
Equal Vision Records have released Safe & Sound: An Isolation Compilation. The compilation features re-imagined and unreleased versions of songs from Saves the Day, Armor for Sleep, I The Mighty, Sleep On It, and more. The video for Saves the Day’s “Remember/Verona/Ring Pop” (ft. Lloyd Vines) is now up, the full press release and track listing is below, and you can purchase the compilation on Bandcamp and MerchNow.
Read More “Equal Vision Records Release Safe & Sound Compilation”Chris Conley Shares “Togetherness” Episode 1
Chris Conley of Saves the Day has shared a video interview with Lloyd Vines talking about “the realities of growing up black in America.”
Read More “Chris Conley Shares “Togetherness” Episode 1″Mariano Saves the Day
I was on the Rounding Down podcast this week talking about Saves the Day and Yankee great Mariano Riviera. It’s a combo that ended up working better than I expected and there’s a whole lot of early Saves the Day nostalgia.
Saves the Day Launch Patreon
Saves the Day have launched a Patreon.
Welcome to the Saves The Day Patreon page!! We thank you from the bottom of our collective Hearts for being part of this new and most special project. Here we will give you, our most loving fans, access to every behind-the-scenes moment, memory, memorabilia, special private live-streams, lyrics, and lessons on how-to-play your favorite Saves The Day songs, plus brand new Bug Sessions singles delivered right to your earbuds every month!
Saves the Day Livestream and Q&A
Saves the Day did a livestream and fan Q&A. You can watch that on YouTube.
Chain Fest 2020 Lineup Announced
Chain Fest’s 2020 lineup has been announced. Jimmy Eat World and Taking Back Sunday are headlining and Circa Survive, Saves the Day, Anberlin, Glassjaw, Cartel, and Acceptance are also playing. The show will take place on May 23rd at the Fivepoint Amphitheater.
Third Eye Blind Touring With Saves the Day
Third Eye Blind are heading out on tour with Saves the Day in 2020.
Thursday Add Dates with Chris Conley
Thursday have announced some new tour dates with Chris Conley of Saves the Day around their My Chemical Romance opening dates.
Review: Saves the Day – Through Being Cool
From the opening notes of Saves The Day’s now-legendary emo album, Through Being Cool, Chris Conley confidently sings, “This isn’t the way we planned / I wasn’t supposed to forget your taste,” and it’s almost as if Conley and his band knew they might be on to something extraordinary here. The irony behind an album about leaving the cool kids to their cliques, while sitting a few out much like the cover art depicts, is humorous now because Saves the Day became emo legends on this record. Those same kids who wouldn’t give Conley and crew the time of day back in high school, are probably the ones now asking them for autographs after a show. This album was recently overlooked by Kerrang! magazine on the 25 greatest emo albums ever, much to my chagrin.
Looking back at the numerous bands influenced by this band and this album, in particular, one can not merely brush this record off as just another emo album. Instead with heart-on-my-sleeve lyrics about their hometown on songs such as “You Vandal,” where Conley sings, “I woke up to my cold sheets and the smell of New Jersey / When do I get to wake up to you?” there was no stopping this band’s ascent into greatness.
Patrick Stump Interviews Chris Conley
Patrick Stump talked with Chris Conley of Saves the Day about Through Being Cool and its impact:
Yeah, I think if we had met the right person at that time—like if we had met Luke Wood at that time, we would have signed with him. Let’s say we didn’t meet people that felt familiar, like they’re from our world of music, and they get it there. They support artists, and it’s not just about making a profit or whatever. But eventually, we did find them in Vagrant Records. They were the same kind of people that we knew from Equal Vision. They were just on the West Coast, and they had a slightly bigger operation at the time. And that felt comfortable. The Get Up Kids had signed to Vagrant.
It’s interesting to think back if we had signed to a major label based on Through Being Cool. I think they would have wanted us to keep making that same record to make it a brand. And I think for me as a songwriter, I just would have flinched at that. And I wouldn’t have made it through that. I just would have given it all up.
Chris Conley Talks About the Music that Influenced ‘Through Being Cool’
Chris Conley of Saves the Day talked with BrooklynVegan about the songs that inspired Through Being Cool:
Lifetime usually played fast and loud and sounded like Bad Brains with poetic lyrics, but this song was mid tempo and catchy and emotional and raw. I must have listened to this song a thousand times in my lifetime and its essence is fused with my DNA. This song is a major reason why Saves The Day slowed down a bit on Through Being Cool and started playing more mid tempo melodic rock and roll.